Improved power for churning



A. A. DRAKE. POWER FOR OHURNING.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. .A. ..,DRAKE, or .FLANDERS, NEW. JERSEY.

' IMPROVED PowEn FOR CHUIRNING.

Specification forming part of'Lctters Patent No. 35,813, dated July 8, 1862 To alt wh'ofit itmay consen -w:

Be it known that I, A. A. DRAKE, of Flanders, in the countyof Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Power for Ohurning, 850.; and I do hereby de elare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to produce a cheap and reliable power for operating churns or other small implements or machines by means of a weight acting on a suitable mechanism.

. To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de scribe it with reference to the drawings.

The box A, which contains the drivingweight, is suspended from a rope, B, which passes round a series of pulleys, a b c, and to a drum, cl, so that by rotating said drum the rope winds on the same, and consequently the weight-box is raised or wound-up. The drum d connects by a series ofgear-wheels, e f, and pinionsg h with the shaft 13, to one end ofwhich the fly-wheel j is secured, and an eccentric wrist-pin, k, projecting from one of the arms ofthis wheel connects by a pitman, Z,with one end of the working-beam m, the other end of which is attached to the stem 1?. of the churndasher.

The manner in which the motion from the drum is transmitted to the churn or to any other implement or machine may, however, be varied at pleasu re, and it is obvionsthat it must be adapted to the occasion for which it is de-.

signed.

The pulleys a c are attached to arbors o q, which have their bcaringsin beams O in the 11p.-

per part of a frame, D, or ofa house orroom, or in any other convenient spot as high above the ground as convenience will permit. The pulleyb is fastened to or runs on an arbor, p,whicl1 has its hearings in bars E, extending in a longitudinal direction over the box A One end of the rope B is secured by means of a staple, s, or in any other convenient manner, to the weight-box A and its other end to the drum 01.

By referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be observed that with three pulleys, a b c, three times as much rope is required to permit the weight-box to descend from the beams C to the ground as would be needed. if the rope were passed over one pulley, 0, only and its end fastened to the box; and, furthermore, by having the end of the rope secured to the weight I I gain the great advantage thatby far the largest portion of the weight is enabled to act upon the driving-gear and a very small portion only is taken up by the arbor of the pulley a. The pulleys a and b, iniaot, serve only to take up the slack of the rope, andth'e principal part of the weight is suspended from that. part of the rope between the pulleys b and c.

By this arrangement it is not necessary to increase the weight in proportion to the length of the rope,-and a comparatively small weight will operate the churn or other "device for a long time, and. it is obvious that by increasing the number of pulleys the running .time can be increased at pleasure.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire vto secure by Letters Patent, 'is- The churn-dasher stem at, beam'm, drnmd, gear-wheels efg h, shaft 1', fly-wheel j, cord 13, pulleys at 0,1 and weight-box E, when combined in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described.

A. A. DRAKE,

Witnesses:

J AMES LAIRD, R. GAWLEY'. 

